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For anyone interested, here was Waxahatchee's 45-minute opening set as played: 3 Sisters Can't Do Much Problem With It [Plains] Right Back To It Burns Out At Midnight Crowbar The Wolves Hurricane [Plains] Lilacs Six O'Clock News [Kathleen Edwards] Fire

It had been, as both a promoter and Jeff himself reminded the audience, a decade since Wilco had last played in Tallahassee. To the day, as a matter of fact. Indeed, on April 26, 2015, the band stood on this exact stage and spent more than two hours running through a 30-song set. Back then, it had been called the Capital City Amphitheater and Jeff and Co. obligingly broke out The Whole Love rarity Capitol City at the start of the second encore. In fact, amazingly, that was the last time that song has ever been performed live. Now the venue has acquired the somewhat fancier moniker

And so it begins. Again. The first Wilco show of 2025 was an “Evening With…” performance on a muggy Friday night in the unlikely locale of Fairhope, Ala., a charming bedroom community a short distance east of Mobile. There is apparently a regular schedule of concerts at the Halstead Amphitheater here — the Live At Five series — and judging by the lines to get in, they seem to draw the entire town for a pleasant night of music under the Alabama stars. More on that later. In Wilco’s case, of course, there were plenty of people who had traveled from near and far to attend. On my way to the p

At the risk of angering the VC gods, I am making the unprecedented decision to combine these two solo shows into one thread. Gasp! If/when I get a second, I'll try to write some sort of thing about these two shows. But don't hold me to it... Here was the complete setlist, as played, for Night 1: Feel Free Normal American Kids New Madrid An Empty Corner Should've Been In Love You Never Know Family Ghost Sunlight Ends You And I Pot Kettle Black One By One What Light The Thanks I Get More Like The Moon

Just doing a little housekeeping, since I wasn't at these short appearances by Jeff and friends. But they should be acknowledged on here, and if on the off chance anyone here attended either of those performances, please do chime in. On April 12, Jeff helped induct Daniel Johnston into the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame and also performed a few of Johnston's songs with help from the Tweedy band (from social media clips, it looks like James Elkington was on electric guitar, Macie Stewart was on violin and backing vocals, Sammy Tweedy was on backing vocals, Spencer Tweedy was on dr

After suggesting an earlier post that Jeff might come out during Nickel Creek's final set of the cruise and sing the Bob Dylan song Tomorrow Is A Long Time that had been on the printed setlist for the Tweedy Creek show but wound up being cut for time, that ultimately didn't happen. Just in case anybody had been wondering... During its set, however, Nickel Creek did do a pretty awesome cover of The Lonely Island classic I'm On A Boat, with some of the lyrics changed to fit artists on Cayamo. Perhaps some on here will be happy to know that Jeff was one of those who got a shout out, i

Outside on the pool deck, under the hot mid-afternoon sunshine and in the salty sea air — the perfect setting, in other words — Jeff closed out his Cayamo schedule with a fun family band show featuring actual sons Spencer and Sammy on drums and backing vocals/harmonica, respectively, and adopted son Liam Kazar on bass. (Introducing his band near the end of the set, Jeff pointed them out individually as he presented, “Sammy Tweedy, Spencer Tweedy and Liam Tweedy.”) From the outset, Jeff made it clear that this set would feature songs from his solo catalog — none of which “have been

Another Jeff-related side note to this day of the cruise was that there was a pretty strong rumor that Jeff would be one of the guest vocalists during the late-night Little Feat And Friends set. He was supposedly going to sing the Lowell George-penned Willin', which I believe was a staple on the H.O.R.D.E. tour during the 90s when the Black Crowes would invite some of the Wilco guys and others on stage for that song. However, for whatever reason, it didn't happen. Little Feat (or the band calling itself Little Feat, which I believe only has one original member left) did perform Wil

Taking the opportunity on a port day to catch up on what was probably Jeff’s — and perhaps the entire Cayamo cruise’s — most highly anticipated show of this year’s voyage. That would be the set dubbed “Tweedy Creek,” which figured to be some sort of unique collaboration between Jeff and the indie bluegrass trio of Nickel Creek (aka Chris Thile and Sara and Sean Watkins). It’s the second Cayamo during which Jeff has performed with a string band, following the 2023 “Trampled By Tweedy” set with Minnesota group Trampled By Turtles. I’m sure I have the entire setlist for that one writt

I neglected to mention in my words above that I was a tiny bit surprised that Be Not So Fearful (or another Bill Fay song) didn't get played during the set, but it was on Jeff's list of songs (not setlist). I suppose he did pay tribute to Fay in his most recent Substack post and perhaps we'll get Fearful during the final Tweedy set in a couple of days. That one figures to be a Tweedy trio show, with Spencer and Liam Kazar.

Can’t remember how I did this last time in terms of recapping Jeff’s various shows and appearances on the Cayamo cruise, if I in fact even did, and I’m too lazy to look it up now so I guess I’ll just write a separate post for each of his three main sets and then fold in any other cameos and whatnot into one of those entries as needed. Jeff’s first set of the 17th edition of this floating festival wound up being a strictly solo affair in the Norwegian Gem’s largest indoor space, the Stardust Theater. It’s a pretty nice space that they have on these ships — there was also a virtually

Seems kinda odd to me that they're just doing the three dates, but who knows why? Also, if I'm not mistaken, they still could do Newport Folk, correct? I believe Newport Jazz is scheduled for Aug. 1-3 (with the folk fest taking place the weekend before).

Quite a trifecta there (sadly followed by *both* Cali and Jesus…d’oh!) I know a couple of people who were VERY excited by the acoustic Cold Slope>King Of You, which I imagine was interesting to hear. And it’s nice to see Acuff-Rose on the list again. I remember when he used to close a great many solo shows with that one at the edge of the stage, sans PA. Miss those days.

Thanks for the recap in my stead. Sounds like an interesting one. It feels weird to not be out there, though I must say I don't miss not experiencing the awkwardness created by "I'll Fight" guy. Fwiw, that new song with the repeated "You're in love again" is called Now And Then, at least according to the good folks at Wilcoworld. Jeff played it a few times on the solo tour he did in October. Interesting about having the actual setlist that he was executing and that he did an actual encore, although it's nice that Sammy and Spencer sang with their dad on AROAW. Wonder if they'll join on at leas

I've got to catch a flight home pretty soon, so I won't get a chance to sit down and write much about this one until I get back, but I figure I'll at least just start the thread with a few words and the setlist and then circle back. But suffice it to say, as one friend actually did during the show tonight — and which Jeff apparently overheard — this was a Wilco run that we didn't want to end. You mean the band can't just keep traveling around to cool cities playing multi-night, multi-set, no-repeat shows with 30-plus songs all the time? Well, that's not fair... But as with any goo

I doubt that the weather conditions had anything to do with the setlist Wilco put forth on the middle night of its "Winterlude On The Road" stint in St. Paul, but Mother Nature played much nicer to those of us waiting outside for an extended period of time for the doors to open. Certainly veterans of upper Midwest winters would have hardly batted an eye. But whatever your tolerance level for cold and snow/ice, this Saturday night special by Jeff and Co. was almost guaranteed to send you home with some warm rock 'n' roll feelings in your heart (and perhaps also a little sweat on your brow).

Haha, point taken. Thanks for checking out these inane ramblings, whenever you do so. I will admit it was much balmier (read: only about actual freezing) on Night 2 versus Night 1. But I was only going by Jeff's comment that it was like "a thousand below zero." Well, that and my numb toes...

#WaitingForThatA #AllDoneNow

For the final stop on this "Winterlude On The Road" series, the Wilco Express rolled into the familiar confines of the Palace Theatre on a frigid mid-December weekend in the Twin Cities (is there any other kind?) and rolled out the first part of what figures to be another epic trilogy of no-repeat, wide-ranging shows that have characterized this brief but fruitful tour. As always, it will be interesting to find out what the next two night have in store. Unlike the previous two stops in Austin and Tulsa, Jeff and his bandmates have brought a Winterlude-esque experience to the Palac

I'll have that TA now... Or maybe just a cuppa (TeA) to ward off the chill of Minnesota?

That makes more sense. Thanks for the clarification!

Well, Wilco Wednesday certainly didn't disappoint. That was the kind of barnburner of a show we hoped for when Wilco announced that it would play two nights at the storied Cain's Ballroom as part of this brief "Winterlude On The Road" tour, and while Night 1 was a fine performance, Night 2 really saw a little of everything — from wild jams and wonky notes to reinvented tunes and fan favorites, from a rowdy audience member apparently getting removed but ultimately being allowed back in to an adorable young fan in the front row literally receiving the microphone off of Jeff's stand from the fron

Coming off a remarkable kickoff to this brief "Winterlude On The Road" tour in Austin last week, in which Wilco performed 98 different songs over the course of three shows, it seemed only natural to wonder what — other than the venue and the days of the week — would be different when the scene shifted to another favorite old stomping ground: Cain's Ballroom. Would the band play anything that it hadn't in Austin? Which songs wouldn't make the cut, given the two-night run in Tulsa (versus three in Austin)? Would the energy from the audience be the same? Would Jeff put on a jacket again? You know

Yet again, I had to Google to understand what you were talking about. To quote the esteemed Scott McOi, I'm not bitter. #NotAtAll #JustALot